An investigation into the mechanisms controlling seasonal speedup events at a High Arctic glacier

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bingham, Robert G ^a   Hubbard, Alun L ^b,c   Nienow, Peter W ^c   Sharp, Martin J ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE MOVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; JOHN EVANS GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 50849094585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000832     Document Type: Article

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